Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2006

Parallel hybrid particle-continuum (DSMC-NS) flow simulations using 3-D unstructured mesh

J.-S. Wu^a; Y.Y. Lian^a; G. Cheng^b; Y.-S. Chen^c    a Mechanical Engineering Department, National Chio Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, TAIWAN^b Mechanical Engineering Department. University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA^c National Space Organization. Hsinchu 30048, TAIWAN

1 Introduction

Several important gas flows involve; flow fields having continuum and rarefied regions, e.g., hypersonic flows [2]. vacuum-pump flows with high compression ratio [3], expanding RCS (reaction control system) nozzle plumes in aerospace and space applications [4], physical vapor deposition processes with heated sources [5], pulsed-pressure chemical vapor deposition processes ...